Reposted by PatrickTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13hIt appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAutopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the backThe report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest. 591800946
Reposted by PatrickJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13hICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 36950532851
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care." 5684479979
Reposted by PatrickLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My fellow countrymen and women: This makes Rules of Engagement (ROE) obsolete. We do not need fascist technocrats driving autonomous AI weaponry with the human factor gone and zero guardrails. Please call your reps now. Find out where they stand on this and vote accordingly in November. 62814
Reposted by PatrickThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🤥 TRUMP: “Costs are way down. We have Inflation totally in control. We’ve done a great job. The thing I haven’t done a good job with is explaining it to people.” 🤔🤷🏼 298551161
Reposted by PatrickCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 14237691244
Reposted by PatrickThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026Arizona was hit hardest by SNAP cuts. A 52% reduction in recipients - that's 400,000 people, including hungry children, who have been kicked off assistance. Juan Ciscomani voted for this in the BBB and expects Arizonans to forgive him? 17608235
Reposted by PatrickThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Dystopian — the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner lays out the real estate deal where Trump and his friends will profit from the destruction of Gaza, where people continue to die from Israeli bombs (supplied by 🇺🇸) to this day. While pretending it’s all for the people of Gaza. 116813376
Reposted by PatrickNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow! 490146463087
Reposted by PatrickAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare. 351239505
Reposted by PatrickZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026🚨 Remember that fancy dinner Trump hosted at his golf club for top holders of his meme coin, and Justin Sun and a bunch of other foreign investors attended? Well, he's doing it again. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.comwashingtonsun.comWant Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president. 30413193
Reposted by PatrickThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Renee Good’s family sues the U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis.bit.lyRenee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in MinneapolisRenee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota. 21830208
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Markwayne Mullin on conditions at ICE facilities: "We're not providing Holiday Inns. These people broke the law." 290552132
Reposted by PatrickTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance... 1872469896
Reposted by PatrickThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Data centers are gonna be very popular”🤔 Trump again makes it clear his loyalty is to the tech oligarchs (who enrich him and his family), not to regular Americans 891173464
Reposted by PatrickMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw 537139853595
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty) 99595332447
Reposted by PatrickThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." 15861692199
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2636209815722
Reposted by PatrickMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.meidasnews.comGOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His FaceEric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes. 1004118743090
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Trump says people in communities where data centers are built will be paid a "dividend" (just like his $5,000 "Trump dividend"!) 2961131230
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Q: Is the agreement binding in any way? TRUMP: I think it's morally binding (That's a no!) 106852153
Reposted by PatrickFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation. If asked to prosecute a former president today based on the same facts, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat. 519685
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says 78882342033
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Ricketts: "This year we're on track to have record trade with Canad-- er, ah, South Korea" 38792155
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692278639527
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor 2833144810
Reposted by PatrickRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/09/2026CNN is granted access inside an immigration court hearing where dozens of children facing deportation, some as young as three years old, appealed to stay in the United States. Many of them facing the judge without an attorney representing them. 42301241
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump on Canada: "They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world" 5891312330
Reposted by PatrickHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.vote.govRegister to vote in your state | Vote.govFind the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government. 10233072648
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Marco Rubio: "Anything that had a chance of making money in Cuba was controlled by the Cuban military and the Cuban communist party to line the pockets of a handful of individuals at the expense of the entire country" 6351458254
Reposted by PatrickHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days. 144556041640
Reposted by Patrickkimberlyleilani.bsky.social @kimberlyleilani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026thehill.com/opinion/tech...thehill.comBeware of billionaires gifting Trojan horses to steal your election dataEarlier this month, Americans got a look inside Elon Musk’s own Trojan Horse. 197
Reposted by PatrickRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about? 9127351080
Reposted by PatrickMe @erbwayne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n... Trump points to enrich himself the most, but also let some of it go to his family, family member members and the enablers that he has. He’s a career criminal and a professional next level grifter. And a Vladimir Putin asset. Close friends, Saudi Arabia bone saw killer.npr.orgWhat to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President TrumpPresident Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal. 033
Reposted by PatrickLarry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Constant communication" and peace deals with the Houthis, but Iran gets a casual "they better behave or we blow up their nation" on Fox? Talking about erasing millions of innocent people like you’re deciding whether to cancel a TV show is legitimately psychotic behavior. #Blues 4159
Reposted by PatrickAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026Why not just cut to the chase and give the weapons directly to Iran? thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comTrump floated US weapons sales to Xi, ambassador saysU.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Sunday that President Trump proposed selling weapons to China during recent meetings with the country’s president Xi Jinping. “President Trump continues t… 1492057594
Reposted by PatrickEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comA Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran. 4451480495
Reposted by PatrickKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 19037381033
Reposted by PatrickHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Furry fanatic Tommy Tuberville says he reads very little to preserve his own opinions. Apparently, he doesn’t want facts getting in the way of his ignorance. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig... 2641287428
Reposted by PatrickMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cornell University takes rape so seriously that seven #ChiPhi fraternity rapists (Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar) were punished by having to write an essay. And you wonder why women don't feel safe . . . 1621826722
Reposted by PatrickAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026TODAY: Andy McCabe and I discuss the Judge Aileen Cannon dilemma that could result in either her violating her own court order or releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. All ahead of Smith's testimony on the Hill Tuesday. Always free. Occasional swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...podcasts.apple.com 13066241839
Reposted by PatrickMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Not one Republican lawmaker is speaking out against #ICELawlessness, against the brutality & the depraved conditions they are subjecting our friends & neighbors to, or the torture or even the murders. Your vote matters! 27535386
Reposted by PatrickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Blanche on AI: "The answer is not to just all of the sudden try to regulate this" 178753166
Reposted by PatrickIan Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Palantir’s Co-Founder Thinks We Should Be Less Judgmental About That Deadly Iran School Strike: The AI-assisted attack at the start of Donald Trump’s war killed more than 150 people, mostly children. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #WarCrimes #ICC #Bluesmotherjones.comPalantir’s co-founder thinks we should be less judgmental about that deadly Iran school strikeThe AI-assisted attack at the start of Donald Trump's war killed more than 150 people, mostly children. 116849
Reposted by PatrickMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Paying expensive healthcare premiums but never using the insurance is a odd way to commit fraud. 73463981604
Reposted by PatrickRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️ 28930631094
Reposted by PatrickHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it. 42530751431